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Cookie-cutter Commerce; July 1, 1999
Teaching Kids to Fly, not Crash; July 22, 1999
Tradition; August 3, 1999
Modest Proposals on Benicia Tourism; August 10, 1999
These Images Did Confront Identities; August 17, 1999
Real Women, Girls and Wrestling; August 24, 1999
Locked Guns - For our Kid's Sake; August 31, 1999
The Opera vs. the Double-Play; September 7, 1999
Ten Commandments in the Classroom; September 14, 1999
Necessary, but Insufficient; September 21, 1999
How Dave met Bob in Sacramento; September 28, 1999
Bob the Bird comes to Benicia; October 12, 1999
Insufficient Upriver; October 19, 1999
Some City Superheroes; October 26, 1999 
Wanna vote?; November 2, 1999
The Power of Two; November 9, 1999
Forget Mozart - Learn Chinese; November 16, 1999
Paris Spacetime; November 23, 1999
Bob in Paris; November 30, 1999
David visits Goliath; December 7, 1999
A Passenger on Potter's air lifeline; December 14, 1999    
Shopping Bytes; December 21, 1999 
Hope's 2099; December 28, 1999    
New Year's Resolutions; January 4, 2000 
General Plan Blues; January 14, 2000 
SATs and Time Limits; January 18, 2000 
Cliché Research; January 25, 2000    
Boats, Buses and BART - Part 1; February 1, 2000    
Boats, Buses and BART - Part 2; February 8, 2000    
Boats, Buses and BART - Part 3; February 15, 2000    
Moral Muddle; February 22, 2000    
High on Liberty; February 29, 2000    
Super Tuesday; March 7, 2000    
Dramatic Listening; March 14, 2000    
Book Extinction: The Day the Asteroid Hit; March 21, 2000    
Supreme Foolishness; March 28, 2000    
Gun Revenge; April 4, 2000    
A Tragic Tale; April 11, 2000    
Of Connectors, Mavens and Salesmen; April 18, 2000   
Small Change - Big Difference; April 25, 2000    
The Unresolved War; May 2, 2000    
A Poetic Proposal; May 9, 2000    
Lotto Lucky; May 16, 2000    
Killing Statistics; May 23, 2000    
eAsteroid Two; May 30, 2000    
Community Malaise; June 6, 2000    
Black Mamba; June 13, 2000    
Liberty High Athenians; June 20, 2000    
Tiger Baseball; June 27, 2000     
Digital Democracy; July 4, 2000 
Biology's Newton; July 11, 2000 
Potter Patter: July 18, 2000 
Mel Murders History; July 26 & August 1,2000 
Who Wants To Be Rich?; August 8, 2000 
CR Shuffle; August 15, 2000 
The Kursk Tragedy; August 22, 2000
Art That Abjures Answers; August 29, 2000 
Benicia democracy at its best and worst; Sept. 12, 2000 
Is Justice Just?; Sept. 19 & 26, 2000
San Diego Experience; October 3, 2000 
Breaking to Lake Mead; October 17, 2000
BreakingOutAndDown; October 24, 2000
Almost Lake Mead; October 31, 2000
Finally Lake Mead; November 7, 2000
Electoral College Conundrum: November 14, 2000
Dave Burgess: Fighting for Social Justice; Nov 21, 2000
Turkey Talk; November 28, 2000
Hollywood Endings; December 5, 2000
Telltale Heart; December 12, 2000
Happiness; December 19, 2000
Council Visits; December 26, 2000
New Year's Dreams; January 2, 2001
Dead Capital; January 9, 2001
Meeting Virus; January 16, 2001
Chevron Glare; January 23, 2001
Execrable Guns; January 30, 2001
Little Red Wagon; February 6, 2001
To Change...; February 13, 2001
Math Break; February 20, 2001
Presidential Leadership; February 27, 2001
Street Names; March 6, 2001
Wild Dogs; March 13, 2001
Benicia Boom; March 20, 2001
First Democrat; March 27, 2001
EIR Inadequcy; April 3, 2001
Idea Sanctuary; April 10, 2001
Dave Dolter, Seeno Project Manager; April 17, 2001
Advertising; April 24, 2001
War Casualties; May 1, 2001
War Casualties was the last column published in the Benicia Herald & Martinez News Gazette
Small Wonders; May 9, 2001
A Private Need; June 6, 2001
Adrift on the Stereotype Sea; June 13, 2001
Contingency Fees v. Legal Ethics; June 20, 2001
Legal Ethics Redux; June 26, 2001

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Community Commentary:
Cookie-cutter Commerce; July 1, 1999
Tradition; August 3, 1999
Modest Proposals on Benicia Tourism; August 10, 1999
Locked Guns - For our Kid's Sake; August 31, 1999
Ten Commandments in the Classroom; September 14, 1999
Some City Superheroes; October 26, 1999
Wanna vote?; November 2, 1999 
David visits Goliath; December 7, 1999 
A Passenger on Potter's air lifeline; December 14, 1999 
General Plan Blues; January 14, 2000    
Boats, Buses and BART - Part 1; February 1, 2000    
Boats, Buses and BART - Part 2; February 8, 2000    
Boats, Buses and BART - Part 3; February 15, 2000    
Moral Muddle; February 22, 2000    
High on Liberty; February 29, 2000    
Super Tuesday; March 7, 2000    
Supreme Foolishness; March 28 (Martinez), March 30 (Benicia), 2000 
Gun Revenge; April 4, 2000    
A Tragic Tale; April 11, 2000    
Of Connectors, Mavens and Salesmen; April 18, 2000   
The Unresolved War; May 2, 2000    
Killing Statistics; May 23, 2000    
Community Malaise; June 6, 2000 
Liberty High Athenians; June 20, 2000 
Digital Democracy; July 4, 2000 
Potter Patter: July 18, 2000 
The Kursk Tragedy; August 22, 2000 
Benicia democracy at its best and worst; Sept. 12, 2000 
Is Justice Just?; Sept. 19 & 26, 2000
Dave Burgess: Fighting for Social Justice; Nov 21, 2000
Council Visits; December 26, 2000
New Year's Dreams; January 2, 2001
Chevron Glare; January 23, 2001
Execrable Guns; January 30, 2001
Little Red Wagon; February 6, 2001
Street Names; March 6, 2001
Benicia Boom; March 20, 2001
EIR Inadequcy; April 3, 2001
Dave Dolter, Seeno Project Manager; April 17, 2001

Science and Society:
Teaching Kids to Fly, not Crash; July 22, 1999
The Power of Two; November 9, 1999
Forget Mozart - Learn Chinese; November 16, 1999 
SATs and Time Limits; January 18, 200   
Cliché Research; January 25, 2000    
Book Extinction: The Day the Asteroid Hit; March 21, 2000
eAsteroid Two; May 30, 2000 
Biology's Newton; July 11, 2000
Math Break; February 20, 2001

The Arts:
These Images Did Confront Identities; August 17, 1999
Real Women, Girls and Wrestling; August 24, 1999    
Dramatic Listening; March 14, 2000    
A Poetic Proposal; May 9, 2000    
eAsteroid Two; May 30, 2000  
Mel Murders History; July 26, 2000  
Who Wants To Be Rich?; August 8, 2000 
CR Shuffle; August 15, 2000
Art That Abjures Answers; August 29, 2000
Happiness; December 19, 2000
Advertising; April 24, 2001
Small Wonders; May 9, 2001
A Private Need; June 6, 2001

When the Mind and Body Wander:
The Opera vs. the Double-Play; September 7, 1999
Necessary, but Insufficient; September 21, 1999
Insufficient Upriver; October 19, 1999 
A Passenger on Potter's air lifeline; December 14, 1999 
Shopping Bytes; December 21, 1999    
Hope's 2099; December 28, 1999  
New Year's Resolutions; January 4, 2000    
Small Change - Big Difference; April 25, 2000    
Lotto Lucky; May 16, 2000    
Black Mamba; June 13, 2000    
Tiger Baseball; June 27, 2000 
San Diego Experience; October 3, 2000 
Breaking to Lake Mead; October 17, 2000
BreakingOutAndDown; October 24, 2000
Almost Lake Mead; October 31, 2000
Finally Lake Mead; November 7, 2000
Electoral College Conundrum: November 14, 2000
Turkey Talk; November 28, 2000
Hollywood Endings; December 5, 2000
Telltale Heart; December 12, 2000
Dead Capital; January 9, 2001
Meeting Virus; January 16, 2001
To Change...; February 13, 2001
Presidential Leadership; February 27, 2001
Wild Dogs; March 13, 2001
First Democrat; March 27, 2001
Idea Sanctuary; April 10, 2001
War Casualties; May 1, 2001
Adrift on the Stereotype Sea; June 13, 2001
Contingency Fees v. Legal Ethics; June 20, 2001
Legal Ethics Redux; June 26, 2001

Bob-the-Bird Stories:
How Dave met Bob in Sacramento; September 28, 1999
Bob the Bird comes to Benicia; October 12, 1999
Paris Spacetime; November 23, 1999
Bob in Paris; November 30, 1999